found: Earth and ashes, 2010:ECIP t.p. (Atiq Rahimi) data view (b. 1962 in Kabul, Afghanistan; fled to Pakistan during the war and eventually applied and was granted political asylum in France in 1984; received a doctorate in audio-visual communications at the Sorbonne; in 2002, Rahimi returned to Afghanistan where he filmed an adaptation of Earth and Ashes; has become a renowned maker of documentary and feature films, and as a writer; The film of Earth and Ashes was in the Official Selection at Cannes in 2004 and won a number of prizes; since 2001, Rahimi has returned to Afghanistan a number of times to set up a Writers' House in Kabul and offer support and training to young; his novel, The patience stone (Other Press) won the Prix Goncourt in 2008)